Flotte
See also: flotte and flotté
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German vlōte, which pertains to fließen (“to flow”). The contemporary form is modelled on French flotte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈflɔtə/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔtə
Noun
Flotte f (genitive Flotte, plural Flotten)
- fleet
Declension
Declension of Flotte [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Flotte | die | Flotten |
genitive | einer | der | Flotte | der | Flotten |
dative | einer | der | Flotte | den | Flotten |
accusative | eine | die | Flotte | die | Flotten |
Derived terms
- Flottenadmiral
Further reading
- “Flotte” in Duden online
- “Flotte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Flotte”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891